Word.ws English Dictionary

JFKing

JFKing is the present participle and gerund of JFK.

Meaning of JFK

Verb

JFK (third-person singular simple present JFKs, present participle JFKing, simple past and past participle JFKed)

  1. (slang, transitive) To put to death; to assassinate, especially for political reasons.
    • I am not saying choosing McCain would necesarrily^([sic]) lead to Kerry getting JFKed but Democratic presidential runners need to be aware of the problem.2004 April 5, JonZ, “Poll Picks McCain as Kerry's Vice President”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet)
  2. (slang) To conduct research about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
    • This may seem a little presumptious, but I feel that this group is pretty much JFKed out.1991 April 19, Steve Feinstein, “JFK Survey”, in sci.skeptic (Usenet)
  3. (derogatory, slang) To hold similar political beliefs or behave in a similar manner to John F. Kennedy.
    • (from the standard code-word remark "I'm a JFK liberal") Examples: "He's useless...he JFKed a long time ago",2003 November 10, zepp, “The Wingnut Dictionary”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet)

See all 10 meanings of JFK

Questions about JFKing

What is JFKing the present participle and gerund of?
JFKing is the present participle and gerund of JFK.

Words near JFKing in the dictionary

  1. JFGI
  2. JFIF
  3. JFIFs
  4. JFK
  5. JFKed
  6. JFKing
  7. JFKs
  8. JFMA
  9. JFS
  10. JFTR
  11. JFYI

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: JFKing (page history and authors); JFK (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “JFKing.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/jfking. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.